Unexpectedly high prevalence of target-organ damage in newly diagnosed Nigerians with hypertension

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Salako, B L ^a   Ogah, O S ^a   Adebiyi, A A ^a   Adedapo, K S ^a   Bekibele, C O ^a   Oluleye, T S ^a   Okpechi, Ikechi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NIGERIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TARGET ORGAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; MICROALBUMINURIA; POPULATION; SCREENING; SYSTOLE;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 34347229033     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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